Crystal structure of hexacyano cobaltate(III) of caesium and tetramethylammonium: Cs[(Me)4N]2Co(CN)6

Summary The structure of a novel hexacyano cobaltate(III) of Cs and tetramethylammonium (TMA), Cs(TMA)₂Co(CN)₆, has been determined by single crystal x-ray diffraction using Patterson and Fourier techniques, and refined by least squares to R=0.053 for 126 independent reflections. The compound is cubic with a_o=12.592(2) Å, space group Fm3m, Z=4.There is a cubic network of Co–CN–Cs atoms with Co–C and C–N distances of 1.87(2) and 1.18(2) Å respectively. The bulky (TMA) cations occupy the cubic voids in this network. The C–N distance of (TMA) is 1.38(2) Å. The Me groups are oriented towards the Cs atoms and there is hindered rotation of the CH₃ groups. The Hatoms occupy positions at maximum distance from the C–N triple bonds, pointing to the faces of the octants of the unit cell.     

New correlations for the analysis of isothermal critical phenomena in heterogeneous catalytic reactions

Abstracr The kinetic hysteresis was analyzed for the simplest particular mechanism of a catalytic reaction exhibiting isothermal critical phenomena (the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism). New correlations between the kinetic characteristics at the critical points of kinetic hysteresis were obtained.Hyprotech, 400, 119 14th Street, N.-W., Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1Z6, Canada.Kiev Polytechnical Institute of Ukraine. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 153–156, May–June, 1996. Original article submitted September 13, 1995.     

Cross-sections of (n,p) reaction at a neutron energy of 14–15 MeV

The (n,p) reaction cross-sections induced by 14–15 MeV neutrons have been analyzed on the basis of available data taken from the literature, using the multiple regression technique. An empirical formula describing the dependence of (n,p) reaction cross-sections on 5 parameters: neutron (N) and proton (Z) number, asymmetry factor ((N–Z)/A) where A=N+Z, neutron and proton binding energies (B_n, B_p) has been found. Its validity is checked and discussed.     

Oligomeric Rare-Earth-Metal Halide Clusters. Three Structures Built of (Y(16)Z(4))Br(36) Units (Z = Ru, Ir)

Suitable reactions in sealed Nb tubing at 850-950 degrees C gave good yields of a family of oligomeric cluster phases that were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction means. The basic Y(16)Z(4) units ( approximately &fourmacr; symmetry) can be derived from 2+2 condensation of centered Y(6)Br(12)Z-type clusters or as tetracapped truncated tetrahedra Y(16) that are centered by a large tetrahedral Z(4). These are surrounded by 36 bromine atoms which bridge edges or cap faces of the Y(16)Z(4) nuclei and, in part, bridge to metal atoms in other clusters. The principal bonding appears to be Y-Z and Y-Br, with weaker Y-Y (&dmacr; approximately 3.70 ?) and negligible Z-Z interactions. The phase Y(16)Br(20)Ru(4) (P4(2)/nnm, Z = 2; a = 11.662(1) ?, c = 16.992 (2) ?) is isostructural with Y(16)I(20)Ru(4) and with the new Sc(16)Br(20)Z(4) (Z = Fe, Os). Syntheses only in the presence of Ir and ABr-YBr(3) fluxes (A = K-Cs) produce Y(16)Br(24)Ir(4) (Fddd, Z = 8; a = 11.718(3) ?, b = 22.361(7) ?, c = 44.702(2) ?), in which the electron-richer Ir interstitials are compensated by four additional bromine atoms and altered bridging between macroclusters. Larger amounts of YBr(3) yield a third example, Y(20)Br(36)Ir(4) (Y(16)Br(24)Ir(4).4YBr(3), I4(1)a, Z = 4; a = 12.699(1) ?, c = 45.11(1) ?). Here infinite zigzag chains of YBr(6/2) octahedra that share cis edges lie between and bridge to the Y(16)Ir(4) clusters. All of these phases contain 60-electron, closed-shell macroclusters. Y(16)Br(20)Ru(4) and Y(20)Br(36)Ir(4) were found to exhibit temperature-independent (Van Vleck) paramagnetism with values typical of those found for other rare-earth-metal, zirconium, niobium, and tantalum cluster halides.     

Molecular dynamics study of phase transition and nucleation in supercooled clusters of potassium iodide

In a series of molecular dynamics (MD) runs on (KI)₁₀₈ clusters, the Born–Mayer–Huggins potential function is employed to study structural, energetic, and kinetic aspects of phase change and the homogeneous nucleation of KI clusters. Melting and freezing are reproducible when clusters are heated and cooled. The melted clusters are not spherical in shape no matter the starting cluster is cubic or spherical. Quenching a melted (KI)₁₀₈ cluster from 960 K in a bath with temperature range 200–400 K for a time period of 80 ps both nucleation and crystallization are observed. Nucleation rates exceeding 10³⁶ critical nuclei m⁻³ s⁻¹ are determined at 200, 250, 300, 350, and 400 K. Results are interpreted in terms of the classical theory of nucleation of Turnbull and Fisher and of Buckle. Interfacial free energies of the liquid–solid phase derived from the nucleation rates are 7–10 mJ m⁻². This quantity is 0.19 of the heat of transition per unit area from solid to liquid, or about two-thirds of the corresponding ratio which Turnbull proposed for freezing transition. The temperature dependence of σ_sl(T) of (KI)₁₀₈ clusters can be expressed as σ_sl(T)∝T^0.34.     

E and Z stereoisomers of compounds of the phthalide series

The stereospecific position of the H⁴ proton in the PMR spectra of 3-benzyl-idenephthalides identifies unambiguously the E and Z isomers in a mixture. The IR spectra of off-planar deformation vibrations of the C=C bond in the 990–970 cm^–1 region have strong absorption bands, assigned to the E and Z isomers. The strong short-wave band (260 nm) for 3-benzylidenephthalides, having only one benzene ring in the indan moiety, suggests the presence of the E form (=28,000). The long-wave absorption band at 390–430 nm belongs to the Z isomers (=21,000–31,000). 3-Benzylidenephthalides which have no carbonyl groups in their molecules, show fluorescence (_f1=540–560 nm in EtOH).N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117977 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 309–314, February, 1992.     

Formation of Iron-Carbon Nanoparticles behind Shock Waves

An attempt was made to obtain iron-carbon nanoparticles by two-step pyrolysis of Fe(CO)₅- and C₃O₂-containing mixtures behind incident and reflected shock waves in a shock tube. The formation of binary particles was monitored by recording the extinction of He-Ne laser radiation and laser-induced incandescence (LII). The LII method provides particle size estimates if the thermal and optical properties of the constituting material are known. Behind an incident shock wave, at temperatures of 700–1500 K, Fe(CO)₅ decomposes within a short period of time (∼50 µs). The resulting iron atoms combine into particles, which serve as condensation nuclei for carbon vapor resulting from C₃O₂ pyrolysis at 1500–3000 K behind the reflected shock wave. The binary particles thus produced are considerably larger than pure carbon or iron particles. As the mixture temperature behind the reflected shock wave is raised, the diameter of these binary particles decreases.__________Translated from Kinetika i Kataliz, Vol. 46, No. 3, 2005, pp. 333–343.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Gurentsov, Eremin, Roth, Starke.Based on a report at the VI Russian Conference on Mechanisms of Catalytic Reactions (Moscow, October 1–5, 2002).     

Anomalous deuteron to hydrogen ratio in naturally occurring fission reactions and the possibility of deuteron disintegration

A hypothesis is presented for explaining the experimentally determined anomalous D/H ratio observed in the samples from the naturally occurring fission reaction in the Oklo phenomenon. No other explanation has been given, to our best knowledge, for the large difference between the measured D/H ratio in the Oklo samples and the expected values in a fission neutron spectrum. A multicomponent system consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, tritium and helium nuclei is considered. An analytical solution is derived and solved using as boundary conditions the experimentally determined value of the D/H ratio. The solution of the rate equations for hydrogen and deuteron concentrations, assuming a pure fission process without a deuteron sink term, yields a D/H ratio of 445 ppm for a reaction in which the fluence of neutrons is 10²¹ n/cm². This exceeds the experimentally observed value of 127 ppm, and the naturally occurring value of 150 ppm. Solving the same rate equations accounting for a deuterium sink term using a hypothesis of deuteron disintegration, and the experimentally observed value of 127 ppm yields a deuteron disintegration constant of 7.47·10^–14 s^–1. Deutron disintegration would provide a neutron source, in addition to the fission neutrons, driving a subcritical chain reaction over an extended period of time. Relationship of the presented hypothesis to the Vlasov theory of an annihilation meteorite impact explosion explaining the experimentally observed anomalous²³⁵U/²³⁸U ratio, and to the suggestion of deuteron disintegration as a possible explanation of some observations of deuterium dissociation in palladium and titanium electrodes is discussed. The tritium and helium-3 rate equations are further solved under the deuteron disintegration hypothesis and the relationship of the present work to the work by JONES et al. is discussed.     

Synthesis of R-(-)-2-Ethyl-N-benzyl (monoaza-15-crown-5) and the Crystal Structure of Its Sodium Perchlorate Complex

A new complex of a chiral monoaza-crown ether, [R-(-)-2-ethyl-N-benzyl-4,7,10,13-tetraoxa-1-azacyclopentadeceane) NaClO₄], has been prepared and studied by x-ray diffraction. The compound crystallizes in space group P2₁ with cell dimensions a = 9.480(1), b = 15.978(2), c = 15.816(2) Å, = 105.51(1)°, Z = 4. The final R value is 0.055 for 2711 observed reflections and 540 parameters. There are twomolecules in the asymmetric unit labelled A and B. The sodium ion is hexacoordinated. The average values for the Na–-O_eth (etheric) distances are 2.364(6), 2.317(7) Å and the Na–N distances are 2.679(6), 2.611(7) Å; the Na–-O(ClO₄) contacts are2.497(7) and 2.257(10) Å, for A and B, respectively.     

Isolation,properties and association phenomena of alkaline salts and their crown complexes of a radical anion

The obtention of (tetradecachloro-4-oxidotriphenylmethyl)^–. M⁺ (M=Li, Na, K, n-Bu₄N) salts in ethereal solution and the isolation of some alkaline complexed salts (M=Li-12C4, Na-18C6, K-18C6, K(THF)₁–(H₂O)_3–4, n-Bu₄N) are described and discussed. The association phenomena of these salts has been studied by electronic spectroscopy, osmometry and electron spin resonance. Linear correlations between radii counterions and the position maxima of the electronic spectra bands permit the study of the species present in solution (free ions, ion pairs and quadrupolar aggregates).     

New Benzo-15-Crown-5 Ethers Featuring Salicylic Schiff Base Substitutions – Synthesis, Complexes and Structural Study

Condensation reactions between 4'-formyl-5'-hydroxybenzo-15-crown-5and 2-aminopyridine, 2-amino-6-methylpyridine, 2-amino-4-methylpyridine or2-(aminomethyl)furan yielded the new laterally functionalized crown ethers1–4. The crown compounds 1–3 form crystalline 1:1 (Na⁺:ligand) complexes 1a–3a with sodium perchlorate. Ligands and complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses, IR, UV-Vis, ¹H-, ¹³C-NMR and mass spectra. The tautomeric equilibria (phenol-imine, O...H–N and keto-amine, O...H–N forms) have been systematically studied by using UV-Vis absorption spectra. The spectra of the ligands 1–4 and complexes 1a–3a were recorded in polar, non-polar, acidic, and basic media. In solutions of polar solvents, tautomeric interconversion of the Schiff base into the keto-amine form has been observed. A crystal structure [monoclinic, space group P2₁/c,a = 14.292(2), b = 9.449(6), c = 16.059(2) Å, = 114.20(1)°,V = 1978.4(13) ų, Z = 4 and D_x = 1.314 g cm^-3] shows that compound 4 is in the form of phenol-imine in solid state. There is a strong intramolecular [O–H...N 1.78(6), O...N 2.581(7), O–H 0.89(6) Å and N...H–O 148.4(5)°] hydrogen bond between the phenolic oxygen and imine nitrogen atoms. The C=N imine bond reveals a trans planar (1E) configuration. The molecules stack in columns parallel to the a/c plane of the unit cell.     

Laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy of tetracene with large Ar, Ne, and H2 clusters in superfluid He nanodroplets

Clusters of tetracene molecules with different numbers of attached (Ar)(N), (Ne)(N) and (H(2))(N) particles (N = 1-2000) are assembled inside superfluid He nanodroplets and studied via laser-induced fluorescence. The frequency shift of the fluorescence spectrum of the tetracene molecules is studied as a function of cluster size and pickup order of tetracene and cluster species. For (Ar)(N) and (Ne)(N) clusters, our results indicate that the tetracene molecules reside inside the clusters when tetracene is captured by the He nanodroplet before the cluster species; conversely, the tetracene molecules stay on the surface of the clusters when tetracene is captured after the cluster species. In the case of (H(2))(N) clusters, however, tetracene molecules reside inside the (H(2))(N) clusters irrespective of the pickup order. We conclude that (Ar)(N) and (Ne)(N) clusters are rigid at T = 0.38 K, while (H(2))(N) clusters of up to N = 2000 remain fluxional at the same temperature. The results may also indicate the occurrence of heterogeneous nucleation of the (H(2))(N) clusters, which is induced by the interaction with tetracene chromophore molecules.     

铁铂硫原子簇化合物的合成与结构研究 V: [MoFe3S4]类立方烷簇合物的转化反应和[Et4N]3[Mo2Fe6S8(SC6H4CH3-m)3Cl6]的晶体结构

具[MoFe2S4]类立方烷结构单元的双类立方烷化合物[Et4N]4[Mo2Fe7S8(SR)12](1a,R=Ph; 1b, R=tolyl-m)或单类立方烷化合物[MoFe3S4(dteR2)5](2a, R=Me; 2b, R=Et)与酰氯在乙腈中反应, 分别得到不含Fe桥的双类立方烷化合物(Et4N)3[Mo2Fe6S8(SR)3Cl6](3a, R=Ph; 3b, R=toly-m)与[MoFe3S4]骨架支解后的Fe(dteR2)2Cl(4a, R=Me; 4b, R=Et)。说明在相同反应条件下, [MoFe3S4]单元在1中比在2中稳定, 本文首次将1型与3型结构通过一步化学反应连系起来。3型化合物的产生得到X射线衍射测定及^1H NMR谱的证实。本文报道3b的单晶结构及3的^!H NMR数据, 3b属六方晶系, P63/m, a=1.6827(3), c=1.5951(16)nm; V=3.91158nm^3; Dc=1.491g/cm^3;Z=2; F(000)=1780; 偏离因子R=0.048, 化合物2与酰氯反应产生4, 由红外及紫外可见光谱证实。     

Energy of the ground state of Be

The contributions from the diagrams of the first two orders are calculated for the energy of the ground state of Be. The result is E₂= =–1.25 Z²+1.55927422 Z–0.8775, with E ₂ ^corr =–0.01172683 Z –0.0720. Perturbation theories for the ground-state energy of Be are compared for Hartree-Fock and hydrogen-type functions.     

Molecular structure and bonding properties of tris(N-methyl-formamide) formamide)(N,N, N', N'-tetramethylethylenediamine)-copper(II) perchlorate

Summary The x-ray crystal structure of tris(N-methylformamide) (N, N, N', N'-tetramethylethylenediamine)copper(II) perchlorate has been determined using three-dimensional x-ray diffraction data. The complex crystallizes in space group P2₁/c with Z=4. The cell dimensions are=8.255(3),b=17.951(6),c=16.541(4) Å, and =91.03(2)°. Least-squares refinement of the structure has yielded a final R value of 4.52% for 2108 independent reflect ions. The square pyramidal structure consists ofN, N, N', N'-tetramethylethylenediamine and twoN-methylformamide ligands forming a basal square plane with Cu–N bond lengths of 2.029(5) and 2.033(5) and Cu–O 1.981(4) and 1.985(4) Å, and a thirdN-methylformamide on the apex with a Cu–O distance of 2.181(4)Å. Each of the molecular plances of the three N-methylformamides lies nearly coplanar with thexy, yz andxz molecular coordination planes. The bonding properties of the title compound and its i.r. and uv-vis spectra are discussed with reference to the structure.     

Charge localization in multiply charged clusters and their electrical properties: some insights into electrospray droplets

The surface composition of charged Lennard-Jones clusters A(N) (n+), composed of N particles (55 ≤ N ≤ 1169) among which n are positively charged with charge q, thus having a net total charge Q = nq, is investigated by Monte Carlo with Parallel Tempering simulations. At finite temperature, the surface sites of these charged clusters are found to be preferentially occupied by charged particles carrying large charges, due to Coulombic repulsions, but the full occupancy of surface sites is rarely achieved for clusters below the stability limit defined in this work. Large clusters (N = 1169) follow the same trends, with a smaller propensity for positive particles to occupy the cluster surface at non-zero temperature. We show that these charged clusters rather behave as electrical spherical conductors for the smaller sizes (N ≤ 147) but as spheres uniformly charged in their volume for the larger sizes (N = 1169).     

Inclusion Compounds of Thiourea and Peralkylated Ammonium Salts. Part IV. Hydrogen-Bonded Host Lattices Built of Thiourea and Formate Ions

New inclusion complexes(C2H5)4N+HCO2-·(NH2)2CS·H2O (1),[(C2H5)4N]2+[(HCO2)2H]-(HCO2-)·2(NH2)2CS(2), (n-C3H7)4N+HCO2-·3(NH2)2CS·H2O (3)and (n-C4H9)4N+[(HCO2)2H]-·2(NH2)2CS(4) have been prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Crystal data, MoK radiation: 1, space group P21/c, a = 7.199(2), b = 16.851(2),c = 13.044(2) Å, = 100.13(2)°, Z = 4, and RF = 0.065 for 1011 observed data; 2, space group Pca21, a = 25.803(5), b = 7.190(2), c = 17.394(2) Å, Z = 4, and RF= 0.073 for 1515 observed data; 3, space group P21/n, a = 8.533(2), b = 9.423(5), c = 33.517(7) Å, = 90.44(2)°, Z = 4, and RF = 0.052 for 2521 observed data; 4, space group Pbca, a = 17.389(3), b = 16.622(2),c = 20.199(3) Å, Z = 8, and RF = 0.056for 1910 observed data. In both 1 and 2 the tetraethylammonium ions are sandwiched between puckered layers, which are constructed by the cross-linkage of a parallel arrangement of infinite chains. In 1 each chain is composed of twisted(thiourea–formate)2 tetramers bridged by water molecules, whereas in 2 it comprises an alternate arrangement of thiourea dimers and protonated formate trimers each formed by the linkage of a hydrogen diformate ion, [(HCO2)2H]-, to a formate ion via} a C–-H·sO hydrogen bond. In compound 3 two independent thiourea molecules are used to construct a hydrogen-bonded puckered layer normal to thec axis, whereas the remaining thiourea molecule, together with the formate ion and water molecule, generate another puckered layer that is parallel to the first one. Hydrogen bonding between these two types of layers gives rise to a network containing channels running parallel to the [100] direction, and the cations are stacked regularly within each column. In the crystal structure of 4, the thiourea molecules form hydrogen-bonded zigzag ribbons running parallel to the b axis, which are cross-linked by the dimeric formate moieties [(HCO2)2H]- to form a puckered layer, and the(n-C4H9)N+ cations occupy the space between adjacent layers.     

Molecular structure and conformation of the bisdimethylamide of 2-methyl-1,3-butadienethionophosphonic acid

An x-ray diffraction investigation of C₉H₁₉N₂PS has been carried out ( Mo, R = 0.039 from 2656 reflections). The crystals are triclinic: a = 6.567, b = 7.169, c = 14.020 Å, a = 85.73, = 80.88, = 68.51°, Z = 2, space group P¯1. The molecule includes a planar six-atom fragment (five atoms of the isoprene residue and the P atom), from which the N(1), N(2), and S atoms deviate by 1.356, 0.426, and –1.609 Å. The lengths of the R-N bonds at the planar trigonal N atom are appreciably smaller than those at the pyramidal N atom [1.644 and 1.681(2) Å], The variation of the conformational energy of the molecule as a function of rotation around the C-C bond in the isoprene residue has been analyzed with the aid of the CNDO/2 and INDO methods.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 543–549, September–October, 1985.     

Stereochemistry of 16-Membered Azo- and Azoxycrown Ethers. Structures of Their Sandwich Potassium Iodide Complexes

16-Membered dibenzoazo- and dibenzoazoxycrown ethers have been synthesized. The Z and E isomers of the azocrown compound have been separated and the geometry of the –N=N– and –-N(O)=N–- groups determined. Potassium iodide complexes of the azo- and azoxycrown ethers were obtained and their structures were determined by the X-ray method. The crystal of the azocrown ether complex is triclinic, space group P¯1, a = 21.071(5), b = 12.112(4), c = 8.757(2) Å = 81.28(2), = 84.66(2), = 107.49(2)°. The azoxycrown ether complex is monoclinic, space group C2/c, a = 15.648(3), b = 19.597(4), c = 14.651(3) Å; = 111.30(3).     

Energetics and structures of the initial stages of nucleation of (SiO(2))(N) species: possible routes to highly symmetrical tetrahedral clusters

A detailed survey of the low energy isomer spectrum of (SiO(2))(N), N= 6-10, 13, 16 has been performed using interatomic potential based global optimisations refined via high-level density functional calculations. Within these spectra, including many isomers reported for the first time, structurally and energetically viable pathways for the initial stages of silica cluster growth through SiO(2) nucleation are identified. The role of the exceptionally stable (SiO(2))(8) ground state "magic" cluster is highlighted in the possible formation of highly symmetric fully tetrahedral clusters of size (SiO(2))(10) and (SiO(2))(16). These clusters are found to form a part of a natural (SiO(2))(N)N= 7, 10, 13, 16 sequence together with the C(3v) ground states for (SiO(2))(7) and (SiO(2))(13). The fully tetrahedral clusters are argued to be likely relatively long-lived metastable species in the process of gas phase SiO(2) nucleation due to the manner of their termination. It is speculated that larger tetrahedral (SiO(2))(40) clusters may exhibit porous structures.